Illustration: In a Japanese home kitchen, a person waits beside a glass teapot while a mechanical countdown timer measures the steeping interval. The timer has a sixty-division circular dial with evenly spaced ticks and heavier five-minute marks; its pointer is several divisions from the end of its travel.

JLPT N5counterLevel estimated by Bebop

分ふん間かん

funkan

minutes of time

The sound of 分 changes after some numbers. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 三さん分間ぷんかん目めを閉とじなさい。

    Close your eyes for three minutes.

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  2. 私わたしは１０分間ふんかん待まちました。

    I waited for ten minutes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ３０分間ふんかん走はしり続つづけなさい。

    Go on running for thirty minutes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 分間

  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる
  • 間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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